Living Forums

[Jdvn1]

It occured to me that there's variety of Living... games now, and that the current forum hierarchy doesn't seem to quite apply in that bit of the board. Seems like the forum should be called "Living Games" or somesuch and "Living EN World" would become a subforum.

 

[Piratecat]

I'll leave this to the mods of Gaming Action, since I don't really grok how things are structured play-wise. I'm happy changing forums around to whatever makes the most sense for you guys, but I want to make sure there's an actual need before we do.

 

[Knight Otu]

Wellllll - I wouldn't be in disfavor of the idea, and it definitely makes sense. On the other hand, I know the Living Supers people would like to have a "Front Page Link" like Living Enworld does now, rather than being a subforum.
(Would the Living Worlds forum allow posting under your model, Jdvn? There're good reasons to do so, and good reasons not to.)

I'll notify BS and Keia of this thread.

 

[Jdvn1]

Well I figured, at least, that Living EN World shouldn't have a parent-status to the other Living worlds. I'd imagine that Living Supers and Living Eberron might get less traffic due to having an entirely different forum above it.

I'd guess that the Living Worlds forum wouldn't allow posting, just because I don't see a reason to. Kind of like the Creature Catalog Forums forum--it's essentially a gateway to/categorization of the subforums.

Though, if you see how it might come in handy to discuss Living games as a whole, I suppose posting would be okay. I just dont' see it ever coming up (or, if it did happen rarely, might be a topic of dicussion on TtT).

 

[Knight Otu]

I'd guess that the Living Worlds forum wouldn't allow posting, just because I don't see a reason to. Kind of like the Creature Catalog Forums forum--it's essentially a gateway to/categorization of the subforums.

That's what I figured as well - there are a few discussions that might pertain to Living Games as a whole (such as starting a new one), but unless they grossly overwhelm Talking the Talk, they can live in that forum.

 

[Rystil Arden]

Well I figured, at least, that Living EN World shouldn't have a parent-status to the other Living worlds. I'd imagine that Living Supers and Living Eberron might get less traffic due to having an entirely different forum above it.

Living Eberron actualy seems to be getting some decent traffic, well at least compared to Living Supers. By the end of the week, I expect LEB to have more posts than LS.

 

[Jdvn1]

Also, I don't know if there should be a mention on the FAQ or on my recruiting thread, but there one of them (if not both) should have an advertisement for the Living games. The forums are big enough that many users (particularly new users) wouldn't notice they're there.

(by the way, this thought was partially inspired by: http://www.enworld.org/showpost.php?p=2958071&postcount=90 )

 

[Jdvn1]

Living Eberron actualy seems to be getting some decent traffic, well at least compared to Living Supers. By the end of the week, I expect LEB to have more posts than LS.

That's likely due to a number of factors including the availability of M&M material and also the really big dicussion in TtT about starting up LEB. If you remember, the discussion to start up LS happened in LEW.

Now, other than those that contributed to those starting-up-LEB threads, can you say LEB is getting more players?

edit: Is there a better part of being a geek than being able to use all these acronyms?

 

[Rystil Arden]

That's likely due to a number of factors including the availability of M&M material and also the really big dicussion in TtT about starting up LEB. If you remember, the discussion to start up LS happened in LEW.

Now, other than those that contributed to those starting-up-LEB threads, can you say LEB is getting more players?

edit: Is there a better part of being a geek than being able to use all these acronyms?

Yes, but not significantly many. It would almsot-certainly get more if it was its own forum like LEW, but demoting LEW won't help it, I think.

 

[Jdvn1]

I figured demoting LEW would be more likely than promoting two subforums. I know there have been layout changes to streamline all the forums, and at the very least a more generic "Living Worlds" forum might interest a wider variety of people looking for games than a specific "Living EN World" forum.

That's also why I recommended the advertisement somewhere, to help with traffic.